Draft-gear-supporting means.



C. HJMcCANN. DRAFT GEAR SUPPORTING MEANS.

APPLICATIONHLED JULY 10. IQIS.

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CHARLES H. MOCANN, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DRAFT-GEAR- S'UJPPORTING MEANS.

Application filed July 10, 1916. Serial Ito. 108,311.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that l, CHARLES H. MOGANN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft-Gear- Supporting Means, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improved means for supporting draft gears and the couplers at the forward ends thereof. The invention has for its primary objects; the provisionof improved means for supporting the draft gear proper, wherein the construction is simplified and cheapened, and arranged so that the gear may be readily removed; and the.

provision of an improved coupler support or carry iron, which is easily removed or released, but which is securely guarded against accidental displacement. ,Certain embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein? Figure 1 is a vertical section through a draft gear construction involving my invention, such section being taken intermediate the draft sills of a car; and Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the linesII-l[][ and IIII][][ respectively, of Fig. 1.

Referring first to the construction of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the reference numerals 1 and 2 represent the center sills of a car, and 3 and 4t (Fig. 3) are draft casing members rigidly secured to the sills by means of the rivets 5 (Fig. 1), a portion onlyof which are shown,

such members being castings and commonly referred to as the draft castings. Supported between the draft castings is the draft gear, which comprises the usual spring-pocket 6, the springs 7 and 8, and the follower plates 9 and 10.

Projecting downwardly from the lower sides of the draft castings 3 and 4 and integral therewith, are the lugs 1.1 and 12. These lugs serve to carry the supporting bar 13, which supporting bar has one end turned down, as indicated at 145, and is provided at the other end with a cotter 15 to prevent the accidental removal of the bar. This is an advantageous method of. supporting the draft gear since the lugs 11 and 12 can be formed asa part of the castings without additional expense, and the use of the bar 13 permits of the ready assembling and disas sembling of the apparatus. This arrange ment avoids the necessity of providing the draft sills 1 and 2 with separate supporting means or of perforating the sills to provide for a supporting means for the draft gear.

Secured to the forward end of the gear is the coupler 16 having the shank 17. This shank 17 extends through an opening in the striking plate 18, as indicated in Fig. 2, the striking plate being secured to the draft sills in any desired manner. The opposite sides of the striking plate are provided with sockets and upright stops 19 and 20, the said sockets servingto receive the ends of the supporting bar 21, while the stops prevent the endwise movement of such bar. The bar or carry iron 21 extends beneath the shank 17 of the coupler, andis perforated at one end, preferably the right-hand end, as'indi'cated in Fig. 2. The striking plate is correspond ingly perforated, and a cotter 22 extends through the perforations. This serves as an additional guard against the accidental removal of the bar, although there is little strain or wear upon this cotter because of the shoulders 19 and 20 which normally prevent the bar from moving in an endwise direction. The bar may be readily removed by taking out the cotter pin, tilting the bar upward at its left-hand end, and then sliding it endwise, as indicated in the dot-and-dash lines at 23.

What ll claim is:

1. In combination with a pair of sills, a--

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 11, 1917..

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draft memberrigidly secured to the inner face of each sill and provided with perforated lugs extending below the lower edges of the sills, and a supporting bar for the draft gear extending through the perforations entirely below the center sills and remfivable laterally beneath one of the center s1 s.

I 2. In combination with a pair of sills, a draft member rigidly secured tothe inner face of each sill and provided with perforated lugs extending below the lower edges of the sills, one of said lugs also extending laterally beneath the adjacent sill, a supporting bar extending through the said lugs and securin means forthe bar at the end thereof having the laterally extending end.

CHARLES H. scans; 

